Drupal VM - Quick Introduction Video

February 25, 2016

After months of having this on my todo list, I've finally had the time to record a quick introduction video for Drupal VM. Watch the video below, then a transcript below the video:

Drupal VM is a local development environment for Drupal that's built with Vagrant and Ansible. It helps you build and maintain Drupal sites using best practices and the best tools. In this quick overview, I'll show you where you can learn more about Drupal VM, then show you a simple Drupal VM setup.

First, download Vagrant using the link in the Quick Start Guide and install it on your computer. Vagrant will install the only other required application, VirtualBox, the first time you run it. (If you're on a Mac or Linux PC, you should also install Ansible for the best experience.)

Next, go back to the Drupal VM website, then download Drupal VM using the download link.

Copy the example.drupal.make.yml file to drupal.make.yml.

Then copy example.config.yml to config.yml, and make changes to suit your environment.

I removed some of the tools inside the installed_extras section since I don't need them for this demonstration.

Open your Terminal, and change directories into the Drupal VM directory using the cd command.

cd ~/Downloads/drupal-vm-master

Type in vagrant up, and after a few minutes, Drupal VM will be set up and ready for you to use.